Title: The Ladies Delight

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THE LADIES DELIGHT.

CONTAINING,

I. An Address to all well provided HIBERNIANS;

II. The Arborvitae; or, Tree of Life.
A Poem. Shewing whence it took it’s Root,
and has spread its Leaves over all Christendom;
being extremely useful to Students in all Branches
of polite Literature.

III. The Natural History of the Arborvitae;
or, The Tree of Life, in Prose; printed from the Original
Manuscript.

IV. Ridotto al’ fresco.
A Poem. Describing the Growth of this Tree in
the famous Spring Gardens at Vaux-Hall,
under the Care of that ingenious Botanist Doctor
H——­gg——­R.

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RES est severa Voluptas.

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LONDON:

Printed for W. James in the Strand,
1732

[Price Six-pence.]

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AN ADDRESS TO ALL Well provided HIBERNIANS.

Gentlemen,

As Nature hath been so very Indulgent to ye,
as to stock your Gardens with Trees of the
largest Growth, for which Reason ye are caress’d,
whilst Men of less Parts, tho’ in some
Things more deserving, are laugh’d at, and
excluded all Company.

As all Infants, especially of the Female Sex, are
much delighted with Fruit, so as their Years and other
Appetites increase, no Wonder if that increases too.
Both Men and Beasts have some-thing or another,
for which they are esteem’d; so ye being in
a particular manner Happy in this Talent, may
securely laugh, while ye daily grow in the Ladies
Favour, and spread your Branches over all the
Kingdom: Many a hopeful Stick of Wood
has been produc’d by this glorious Tree, who
after they had piss’d their Estates against
the Wall (as the good Housewives term it) have by
the Strength of true Hibernian Prowess rais’d
themselves to the Favour of some fair Virtuoso, and
being by her plac’d in a HOT-BED, have
been restor’d to their pristine Strength, and
flourish’d again; and like true Heroes, not
envying the busy World, have been content to spend
the remainder of their Days in an obscure Nook of the
World.

Thus, Gentlemen, and as all Poets chuse the most Worthy
to patronize their Works, I humbly offer ye the following
Poem, and that you may still continue as ye now are;
that your Trees may ever flourish, your Green-houses
be secure, nor your young Plants be ever nipt
in the Bud, and that you may ever stand
against all Cracks, Storms, Tempests, and Eruptions,